Hebrews 13:18 (DRB)

Passage

Pray for us. For we trust we have a good conscience, being willing to behave ourselves well in all things.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 13:16 And do not forget to do good and to impart: for by such sacrifices God's favour is obtained.

Hebrews 13:17 Obey your prelates and be subject to them. For they watch as being to render an account of your souls: that they may do this with joy and not with grief. For this is not expedient for you.

Hebrews 13:18 Pray for us. For we trust we have a good conscience, being willing to behave ourselves well in all things.

Hebrews 13:19 And I beseech you the more to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Hebrews 13:20 And may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great pastor of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, in the blood of the everlasting testament,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "pray", "trust", "good", "conscience", "willing", "behave", and "ourselves". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "pray", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "Obey your prelates and be subject to..." into verse 19's "And I beseech you the more to...", so "all things" and "pray" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "pray" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.